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  • image Adam vol.56/97

Reference number

Adam vol.56/97

Purpose

Capriccio showing a ruined structure of free-standing columns. In the foreground is a makeshift fountain incorporating a re-used sarcophagus.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 56; in red ink 97

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, blue, brown and grey washes201 x 260, 4 corners trimmed diagonally

Hand

Robert Adam (attributed to)

Notes

Although it lacks the foreground figures, this composition may be compared with the drawing by Charles-Louis Clérisseau in Adam vol.56/94.

Level

Drawing

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